George Wishart : Art Notes

sen. Life"'ISI thiSogr now 'Ve011'.. k'su, trio Biiree-Jones'), ' or three weeks t the libraries. Not ri tics-Mr. Edmund aprecating the gr- le widow of anot - biographer. Mrs. 1st. Husband," hi- css' of Lady Burne- ., tends to show that ys ',Ahlualitied as a ire the lifostory of rent to Oxford with t burgh. At, Oxford naguetie sseeonalitY, tetWeen; them there that might alienist I. Morris, too, was :it; but he and his 1`1-otis that other it."' The artist tem- l ball. flow could artilt who. c uld id in Dm :- ' from my terminal ie ruins and the hsamond. The day icently ; all '.by the ,:k in a delirium of 't hauled :With isright .ie ip.--the' Shy,Sehdt 'then eluswer arkle in teuntesspart, ruled rid in .my mind lie abbey, and 1 g ful; banners of t ,e Ns gay knights and ',,, hawking part es:, if the golden age- arid mid Ihad to water to. break the cr having such an arc present th his 'Work distinc- and a joy 'in her', I ffstasy ; an eye for -. of s col-' nic for a kind . of i .1 might easily have i' that the' writer not 'tamely follow 'current a t of his ...erne a pupil and iossetti, and under along an i eividual :he art 'world of his him violently. Hist hing. at all ; there' ire in his' glowing waver, did, net aim tied us one of the irinciple laid Sown who. has . said :- trite object of art nt to imitate what; tit- eyes. nurne-; rote to a friend :a beautiful, roman- tic that never was, it better then any oi a land no man s only desire-am'i atiful-and then ling of13rynlf ,a." ti Ms elm, as :Jeri --,:-. - J 'lam 17tiit; tr; that Burin ledge(d kilt before t early struggles asan artist whenever 1., aclll exit tidier indeed " ' rtl ' ' g ' cloasi cf t e artiat's life. Though.. Burn* Jones turned 'from the 'clerical ' hfc, for . he felt depressed he always took refuge which he had been intended, the followhig, in reviewing the experiences of 'Francois passage will slow that he retained a sense of having a vocation to fulfil : " We are a living part, however of thiwgs as they are. If we b lieve things as they are can bemade than they are band in that faith; set work to help, betterment to the of our ability, however limited we and cannot help being, children of &Miffs disbelieve..in the it y of bett'ermeint, Or dun l try to.forward, we are and can help b ei dermneelss It is the'things as they a' that iatiifthe touchstone-the trial-the day , Of judgment. ' How do things as theyare "'' strike ,you ?' , The question isas bald an egg, but it is the egg out of which 4slesseduess pr unble.sv, edness is everlasts ing.ly being hatched for every living soul. , eowse you can translate it into any reiligious . ang age. you please-Christian, Buddhist, Mainometan, or what not. ' Have you faith,: I suppose means the mine thing. Faith, not amount of acbievement -which, at best. must be infinibesimay .small-that is the great thing. To me, .this weary, toiling, groaning world, of men and women is none other t an Out Lady of the Sorronws. It lies on you and me and all the faithful to make her Our Lady of the Glories. Will she ever be so 9._ Will : she ? Will she ? She shall be, if arid mini. and the toil of thousand ages- of theta that come after its can make her so." With this confession of faith I must conclude.--1(otire. &.c., IdOisjElL L11`. DISTINGUISHED ARTIST DEAD. .S LONDON, Saturday. Mr. George Frederick Watts, the die-t tinguishecl English artist, who was suf- fering from an attack of bronchitis, died yesterday, in his 85th year. (" Who's Who" publishes the foliow- ing -George' Frederick Watts, R.11., 0.M., D.C.L., LL.D., was born in London in 181/. First exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1837 ; retired 1898. Has preSented to the nation the greater par of his life work, now called "The Wattst Collection," in the National Gallery of British Art, and some forty ormore portraits of the distinguished men of hie time, any of which are already in the National Portr it Gallery. This pro - Jett, formed many years ago, wasun- dertaken "partly in the hope that the otetures might form the nucleus of a . National Gallery of mutely British art," now realise' through the munificence of Sir Henry Tate, nail "partly to identify art With the best in the conscience and the notion of the age." Ho has inaug- urated a record of heroic deeds done in everyday life, and has built the first memorial wall at St. Botelph'r, .driers. gate, recording the names of some who have lost their lives in the endenvour to ,site' life. Ho received the distinction Of tIse Order of Merit', On its institution by the Sing.) . Brisbane Artists. Millet, who laboured so bravely through a lifetime of disappointment, poverty, and sorrow, struggling to obtain the world's recognition Death ended this great artist's life, however, before he was privileged to know that fame was his or that his paintings were worth their lituntreds of pounds. Pictures which to -day bring fabulous prices were sold by Millet for a few pounds to buy bread for 'tea117 Represented in Hobart Art Gallery. Visitors tothe Queensland Art Society's' exhibition will remember the striking of A Queensland Black Gin," by Edwarsl s-'risittrent, and a fine seascape, 00. ACepesXoreton " by rising young artist,' -Mr. George Wisheirt. It is gratifying to learn that, both these paintings have found aplatie or Walls of the Hobart Art Gallery. The we purchased. by this Hon. Andley Cote d his last visit to Brisbane, tuul he has now seated them to the Art Gallery of the reaniau metropolis. LOSS OF THE OEO. T.HAY. The Norwegian barque Penh:oral, bound from Lem don to Delagoa Bay, put into Algoa Bay err the 13th. April with the, captain and 18 of the ere* of the ship George T. Ilay, which had tr be abandoned on the high seas. The ship George T. ilay *as bound hom Rosario, In the Argentine, tei flivakomnund, with a cargo \bt hay for the German Military authorities at e latter po t. She wary but two days out when she sprang leak, which necessitated periodic primping. 'thus theleak was successfully combated, until the vessel encountered' n gale. lienfly seas swept over h , while the water rushed in athe leak, nlarged by the storm, soaking the hay. Yoe two days and nights the men worked at the pumps without n break, but despite their efforts they wore unable to cope with the leak. The water swelled the hay, the boards of the deck were in certain places bur t, and to make matters worse the rem! gradually began to turn on her beam ends. It was while In this dangeinus situation, and when the men were contemplating taking td the bents, that 411s Pestilorizi in the dead of night was sighted afar roil, and successfully signalled to.The dawn of the following morning saw her bearing clown, and wit this, opportunity of being rescueil the men took to the boats, successfully reached nd boarded he , worn tit with their recent hardships. A crew from the rescuing barque manned one of her boats, and rowed to the distressed vessel, which, f nd: ing tobe past saving, they set en flro, returned to their vessel, and with the sky and sea lit with the burning ship, sailed for the African coast, reartr'lig. port as nlready stated. The George T. Hay, which was well-known en tlitv Australian coast, wee a wooden full-rigged ship, w th three skysail ards, and wan in command of Captain E. Spicer. Her port of register was Pareboro, Nova Scotia. An interesting collection of paintings by Mr. G Wishut is now on . view at Messrs. Isles, Love, and Co.'s auction mart.